School: An Daingean, Cuinche
- Location:
- Dangan, Co. Clare
- Teachers: Stiofán Mac Clúin Treasa Ní Chonmara
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Bird Folklore.
For instance to stor an owl will bring seven years bad luck.
To kill a raven or scaldcrow will also bring bad luck.
There are many warnings as to the fate attached to meeting a magpie in certain numbers.
One for bad luck.
Two fro good luck.
Three for marriage.
Four for death.
Five for silver.
Six for gold.
Seven a secret that can't be told.
It is unlucky to hear the cuckoo in the left ear for the first time.It is lucky to hear her in the right ear for the first time.If persons sowing potatoes hear the cuckoo for the first time they say they will have cuckoo potatoes that year.The meaning was that the crops would prove a poor one.
A lamb born after the coming of the cuckoo is called a cuckoo lamb and its tail ins never cut off.(continues on next page)
